Word Finder - haystack

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A mound, pile, or stack of stored hay.

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(canoeing) A standing wave in a rapid.

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The text string within which another string is searched for. (see: needle in a haystack)

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A dish composed of a starchy food (rice, tortillas, crackers, etc.) topped by a protein (beans, cheese, meat, etc.) in combination with fresh vegetables, assembled on the plate by the diner.

The two boys were playing in front of a large haystack.

Other noted peaks are M ` Intyre (5210 ft.), Haystack (4918), Dix (4916) and Whiteface (4871).

Mission Park (10 acres) here is adorned by native and foreign shrubs and by maples, elms, pines and arbor vitae, and "Haystack Monument" in this park marks the place where Samuel John Mills (1783-1818), in 1806, held the prayer meeting which was the forerunner of the American foreign missionary movement.

Right opposite this entrance might be seen a small haystack, or the remains of one.

Without this technology the job would be similar to looking for needles in an underground haystack.

If picking a homeopath out of a haystack seems a little overwhelming, you can always ask your traditional primary care physician about the field of homeopathy and their thoughts on a doctor.

Tracking down polka dot plus size bras is a bit like finding a needle in a haystack - perhaps not quite so difficult, but also not as simple as, say, finding a simple neutral bra or a sexy push-up bra for a glamorous evening out.

Finding the replacement parts to your small appliance can be like looking for a needle in a haystack.

Designs include "Argenteuil", "Cliffs", "Giverny", "Haystack on Snow", "Japanese Bridge", "Monet's Garden", Poppy Field", "Pourville", and "Water Lilies".

Finding a P2P network that works on Mac operating systems can be like finding a needle in the haystack - finding a GOOD P2P network for a Mac operating system - well that was just about impossible.

The whole area is covered in stars, creating a proverbial stellar haystack.

In reference to the puzzles, it's important to keep track of the maps so that you don't end up missing something tiny that causes you to search for a needle in a haystack later.

You're really trying to find those few needles in the haystack from everyone who turns out for the casting calls.

A fire without light, compared to the heat which gathers in a haystack when the hay has been stored before it was properly dry - heat, in short, as an agitation of the particles - is the motive cause of the contraction and dilatations of the heart.

You want to find a needle in a haystack, get a magnet.

Buried in this haystack might well be the vital clue necessary to avert an apocalypse.

Much like choosing a great pair of jeans or just one good handbag to see you through the season, picking the best sweater coat of all is a bit like finding a needle in a haystack.

For some people, it might be akin to finding a needle in a haystack, especially if the shoe in question was an instant sellout.